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"Following up on his first CD for Tzadik, Midnight Minyan, Shapiro here turns his prodigious arranging talents and fat tenor sound to eight of his own compositions and two liturgical melodies evoking the spiritual transition of the mundane to the holy, from light to ...
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"Master of madness, wandering poet, dysfunctional genius Anthony Coleman in a magical evening of songs by acclaimed Yiddish composer Mordechai Gebirtig, whose haunting lyrics and melodies became some of the most beloved and popular songs of their time. He was not to ...
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"A new CD of classical compositions by the mastermind of Zony Mash, The President, Pigpen, the NY Composers Orchestra and countless other bands. Blending a profound knowledge of jazz and popular musics with a soaring lyricism and arranging/production skills that have ...
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Featuring: Ken Jacobs, John Zorn, Ikue Mori. "One of the most consistently experimental and prolific filmmakers in Avant Garde Cinema, Ken Jacobs has produced enough work for several lifetimes, and continues on stronger than ever into his seventh decade. From film and ...
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"Since 1973 Jon Gibson has been making startlingly beautiful solo music for saxophone and flute that owes nothing to the jazz tradition. One of the original musicians for the first generation minimalists, Jon is the only player to have been a member of the ensembles of ...
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"Featuring two members of the exciting trio Rashanim with drum master Kenny Wollesen and Zorn himself on sax, this is a poignant and varied score for a new documentary about elusive film maverick Marie Menken who was a close friend of Andy Warhol, Kenneth Anger, Stan ...
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"One of the most charismatic and versatile percussionists around, Cyro Baptista has worked with everyone from Herbie Hancock, Sting and Paul Simon to Phish, Laurie Anderson and John Zorn. Following up on his brilliant first CD for Tzadik Beat the Donkey, Cyro Baptista ...
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"The creator of two of the most fascinating releases of the New Japan series (Izutsu and Red Moon) now turns his hand to one of the most curious of all Japanese musical forms, the Noh play. Mixing the feeling and sounds of psychedelia with an ancient tradition through ...
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"Love Songs documents the long musical and personal association, dating back to 1971, between composer Peter Garland and the incredible percussion virtuoso William Winant. Produced by Winant, this CD features two pieces written expressly for the Abel-Steinberg-Winant ...
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"A remarkable young composer out of the Lou Harrison mold arid a virtuoso on the khaen mouth organ, Christopher Adler splits his time between California and Thailand where he collaborates with many of the country's greatest classical musicians. For his first CD he has ...
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Performed by: Charles Curtis (cellos), Aleck Karis (piano); recorded 2003. "The definitive recording of one of Morton Feldman's most important and challenging pieces, played at the composer's marked tempos, and taking all the notated repeats. Fitting neatly onto one CD, ...
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Jenny Scheinman, a frequent collaborator of guitarist Bill Frisell, is one of the most sought-after violinists on the scene today. Her second CD for Tzadik, created especially for the Oracles series, features her brilliant quartet augmented by the beautiful keyboards of ...
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Inspired by the beauty and power of nature, the music of Carolyn Yarnell straddles the borders of minimalism, romanticism and Baroque. A maverick in the American tradition of Partch, Ruggles and Riley, her compositions have been performed worldwide by orchestras, ...
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The popular Filmworks series is a microcosm of the Zorn universe, following his maturing as a composer and his ever-widening musical interests. The music of Volume 12, all recorded in the space of a few weeks (March/April 2002,) is as varied as the films they were ...
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"Orchestral music from another dimension. Often fetching prices well over $100, the 1981 LP release of Archery is one of the most sought-after collector's items in the Zorn catalog. Leading the way back toward Zorn's most well known and oft-performed composition Cobra, ...
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"Word-of-mouth has it that Ruins mastermind Yoshida Tatsuya's new band is his greatest yet. Featuring Japan's latest guitar sensation Kido Natsuki, Korekyojin is a burning instrumental trio mixing the raw power of rock, the wild edge of improvisation, and the complex ...
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